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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

642 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 637 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST  

  OF FORT HOOD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE   

  POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AND AROUND THE        

  KILLEEN AREA THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. 



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...     

  FORT HOOD BY 650 AM

  KILLEEN BY 700 AM



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3106 9792 3089 9780 3086 9759 3129 9748



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